Tennessee · Census place 4769900

South Fulton, Tennessee

South Fulton is a city in Obion County, Tennessee with an estimated 2,177 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 161st largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,177
#161 of 232 in Tennessee
Change since 2020
-2.7%
-61 people
Land area
3.4 sq mi
Density
644 / sq mi
State median 947
Orange pin: South Fulton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Nashville.

South Fulton population, 2020 to 2024

South Fulton lost 61 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.7%. In the latest year it moved by -19.

2,23820202,21520212,19920222,19620232,1772024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,241. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

South Fulton covers 3.38 square miles of land, for 644 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so South Fulton is less dense than the typical town.

What county South Fulton is in

All of South Fulton's residents live in Obion County, which had 30,261 residents in 2024. South Fulton holds 7.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in South Fulton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps South Fulton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 38257. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where South Fulton is

The Census internal point of South Fulton is at 36.493300, -88.883700. Nashville, the capital, is 119.0 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fulton, KY (2,268 people), 1.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Clarksville, TN, 85.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.493300, -88.883700
DMS
36°29'35.88"N 88°53'1.32"W
UTM
16N 331281.2E 4040314.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
868HF4V8+8G

Daylight in South Fulton

At 36.49° N, South Fulton gets about 14 h 39 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 40 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 59 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near South Fulton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Union City, 10.2 miles away, with 10,876 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of South Fulton, TN?

2,177 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 61 (2.7%) from 2,238 in July 2020.

What county is South Fulton in?

Obion County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover South Fulton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 38257.

How far is South Fulton from Nashville?

119.0 miles (191.6 km) in a straight line, heading E from South Fulton.

What is the nearest larger city to South Fulton?

Fulton, KY, with 2,268 residents, 1.5 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.